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Sodium Monofluorophosphate

Used in oral care.

What it is

A salt that contains fluorine, made in a lab and used mainly in toothpaste.

Used in oral care products, where it helps protect against plaque.

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What it does in a formula

Used in oral careOfficial EU function: Oral care

What official sources say

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed in EU cosmetics up to 0.15%, only in oral products (Annex III, entry 27).

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III: list of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down, retrieved 2026-10-09

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.